Jacqueline Hattar

Jacqueline Hattar is a member of Wilson Elser’s Complex Tort & General Casualty, Transportation and Construction practices. Jackie is among the most successful attorneys in the lower Hudson Valley, who focuses her practice on general tort liability matters and the defense of complex litigation. Jackie regularly handles and supervises general casualty matters for insurers and self-insured entities across the state of New York on personal injury and wrongful death actions involving premises and construction accident claims, and transportation liability claims.

During the course of her career, Jackie has successfully defended property owners, commercial business owners, construction companies, trucking companies, municipalities, short line railroad companies, hospitals and health care facilities in general liability cases involving personal injury and wrongful death claims. She has significant trial experience in all courts throughout the state of New York as well as extensive experience in alternative dispute resolution. Jackie also has significant appellate experience, having written numerous appellate briefs and argued cases in the New York Appellate Division, First and Second Departments.

Prior to joining the firm, Jackie was in-house counsel at Frontier Insurance Group where she defended high-exposure general liability cases throughout the state of New York. Earlier in her career, Jackie served for six years as an assistant district attorney in the Bronx County, New York, District Attorney’s Office, where she prosecuted major high-profile offenses from grand jury through trial.

Jackie currently serves as a member of the firm’s national Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee. She served on the steering committee that established Wilson Elser’s Women Attorneys Valued & Empowered (WAVE) initiative, which exemplifies the firm’s enlightened approach to advancing the professional and personal well-being of its women attorneys.

Professional/Community Involvement & Judicial Appointments
Jackie is an active member of national, state, and local bar associations and other professional organizations that support and promote the practice of law. By judicial appointment, Jackie serves as a member of the New York State Appellate Division, Second Department’s Committee on Character and Fitness for the Ninth Judicial District, as well as the Ninth Judicial District Committee to Promote Gender Fairness in the Courts. She is a member of the Pace Women’s Justice Center’s Advisory Board and the Board of Visitors at the Haub Law School at Pace University. Jackie has spearheaded various mentorship and diversity programs within the firm and through outside organizations. This includes mentorship programs in collaboration with the Westchester Women’s Bar Association (WWBA), Haub/Pace Law School, and other organizations. She currently serves as co-chair of the Litigation and Diversity Committees of the WWBA. Jackie has presented various CLE, mentorship, women’s leadership, and diversity programs for bar associations and trade organizations. In addition, Jackie devotes significant time to serving the community by participating in events to promote reading and literacy in the Yonkers Public Schools.